Chapter 614
Shen Hao felt that his inner thigh was very uncomfortable, if he hadn't cushioned it with real air, it would have been worn out. He had some feelings when he came out of the Kundhu Pass before, but this time it was more obvious. I didn't expect to have such troubles sitting on a horse for a long time for the first time.
"Isn't Master Shen riding such a long horse for the first time? Hehe, it's okay, you'll get used to it when you come back, and you won't be willing to ride in a carriage after that."
Walking side by side with Shen Hao is the alchemist Chen Zifang.
Earlier, Chen Zifang suggested that Shen Hao, the newly appointed "General Manager of Miscellaneous Affairs", tour the camp with him. Shen Hao agreed with the idea of "assisting and following", but who knows that Chen Zifang's "tour" is not only the main formation of the Chinese army settled in Wuhu, but also includes the left and right wings that are slightly ahead of the Chinese army now. The camps also include the camps on the line from Jianchuan to Huzhuyuan. Even the major military depots and supply points along the road are among them.
So after following Chen Zifang around Wuhu Lake, Shen Hao is now heading towards Jianchuan, where the battle is most intense. According to Chen Zifang's idea, go to Jianchuan first, and then go south to Baitou Gorge and finally to Huzhuyuan after reading it.
"I made Pill Master Chen laugh. I used to do business in the city or the outskirts of the city, and in places farther away, I used the teleportation circle to replace the horses and horses. It is true that I have never traveled like this before."
"Hurry up, we will be able to enter the border of Jianchuan after passing the supply point in front. We are not in a hurry, we will rest for a while later. It is also a good time to check the situation of the supply point. What do you think, Mr. Shen?"
"Alchemy Chen arranged it." What can Shen Hao say? Xuan Qingwei now pushes him out as a "convenient bridge", can't he really just be a wooden man and do nothing? Besides, Zuo Yuliang sent Chen Zifang here just to push him away? But even if he had to do something, Shen Hao didn't plan to take the lead, Chen Zifang stood in front, and he just beat the side drums.
This time Chen Zifang came out with a team of 800 cavalry, on the one hand to escort him and Shen Hao, and on the other hand to leave behind some flexible reinforcements after reaching the front line. I heard that there is a lot of pressure on Jianchuan recently, and small groups of barbarians often break through the front-line defense and disturb the military depot behind. It is also convenient for some cavalry teams to react.
However, given the terrain of Jianchuan, a large-scale cavalry charge is fine, and a small-scale cavalry charge of hundreds of people is still barely feasible.
And Shen Hao brought a lot of people along the way, most of them were his personal guards brought from Fengri City. In fact, a small half of these people are still in the black water, so that it is convenient for Shen Hao to receive news about the black water.
Along the way, these personal guards of Shen Hao have been stationed and observed. In order to build a temporary transfer channel for the thousand-mile note along the road, these days Shen Hao relies on these channels so that he will not be cut off from the news of the Imperial City and Fengri City. It is convenient for him to command from a distance.
When Shen Hao was on the road the day before yesterday, he received several messages from Wang Jian. After deciphering, there were some general messages, mainly about the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Bai Changqing, who was going to implement a nationwide money and food austerity strategy. Bai Changqing, with Heishui's analysis, is deliberately alienating his former civil servant colleagues in a strange act of self-preservation.
Because of the particularity of the thousand-mile note, the amount of information transmitted each time is limited. Wang Jian could not pass on the complete document and could only give Shen Hao a general introduction to the situation. At the same time, he also brought Shen Hao a message from the governor's office Order.
"Secretly keep an eye on the seven princes and a few prominent figures in the civil service group? It seems that the situation in the imperial city is also complicated." Shen Hao had this idea in his mind after watching the Thousand Miles Note.
Before, Shen Hao kept the princes in the imperial city at arm's length. Judging from Jiang Cheng and Pang Ban's attitude towards them, it can be seen that they are not easy to mess with. Now that the war in the south is becoming more and more tense, these princes are even more noisy. Do you know what the fuss is going on like this? Are you really ready to solve all the problems together?
"By the way, Mr. Shen said before that cutting nails frequently can prevent many diseases. After I went back last night and thought about it, I think what Mr. Shen said is very reasonable. Human hands are in contact with too many things in a day. I don’t know how filthy it is. If you don’t wash your hands and don’t pay attention, then will you eat all the dirty things in your stomach? Maybe some people have worms in their stomachs, which may be caused by eating some small worm eggs.”
Along the way, Shen Hao discovered that Chen Zifang is a real talker, he can talk to you non-stop for a whole day. From spells to medical skills, to pills, and even military strategies, this person knows a little bit, so he can chat with you.
And because of Shen Hao's "boiling water" argument before, Chen Zifang always wanted to get something out of Shen Hao's mouth. "Frequently cut nails" was what Shen Hao casually said yesterday when he was annoyed by the question. Who would have thought that it would really make the other party figure out a lot of things.
"Cut your nails and wash your hands frequently" This truth that children in another world know has become a new discovery in this special world. Even though Shen Hao has been used to this world for so many years, he is still inexplicably dumbfounded.
What remains unchanged in the two worlds is people, but the difference lies in the direction of two completely different civilizations, and it is difficult to distinguish who is superior and who is inferior.
At noon, we arrived at the supply point mentioned by Chen Zifang. The cavalry led the horses to supplement the fodder, and the people fed in batches. In fact, it is dry biscuits and a bowl of greasy bone soup.
Before eating, Chen Zifang went to the side stream to wash his hands seriously, and ordered several ordinary soldiers who were not monks to wash their hands before meals, saying that he would do an observation, and if it was really effective in preventing diseases, he would prepare Ask the commander in chief to promote it.
After the meal, Chen Zifang and Shen Haohao visited the supply point. Chen Zifang changed his usual gentle and elegant appearance, and was extremely strict during inspections. He would single out and criticize anyone who did not comply with the military regulations, and if he encountered serious omissions, he would be directly punished with the military stick. Chen Zifang, the soldier who beat the stick, brought four of them along the way to ensure that the stick is sour.
Shen Hao followed Chen Zifang along the way and had little to say. But it didn't prevent Chen Zifang from becoming more and more enthusiastic towards Shen Hao. Because Chen Zifang felt that Master Shen was a really learned person, but he was just very humble. Let's talk again, maybe we can find something else?
Because of checking a few major omissions, Chen Zifang punished several school captains and partial generals at the supply point, so it was night after the circle, so he was not in a hurry to leave, and left at dawn the next day.
Shen Hao sighed in his heart, Chen Zifang's power is indeed powerful enough. Officials like generals also fight as they say. And judging from his posture, he himself, the "manager of chores", seems to have the same power as Chen Zifang. The "parallel import job" that secretly thought before now seems to be of some importance.